Species Plasmodium relictum (Grassi & Feletti, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Haemamoeba relicta Grassi, R. & Feletti, B. 1891. Nuova contribuzione allo studio della malaria. Bollettino mensile dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, Catania 16: 16-20.

  Secondary source:

   Raffaele G. 1931. Il Plasmodium della civetta (Athene noctua). Rivista di Malariologia 10: 684-688; Landau, I., Chabaud, A.G., Bertani, S. & Snounou, G. 2003. Taxonomic status and re-description of Plasmodium relictum (Grassi et Feletti, 1891), Plasmodium maior Raffaele, 1931, and description of P. bigueti n. sp. in sparrows. Parassitologia 45: 119-123.
• Plasmodium passeris Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1909. Notes on some parasitic protozoa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 500-513.

Generic Combinations

• Plasmodium relictum (Grassi & Feletti, 1891). —
  Corradetti, A., Garnham, P.C.C. & Laird, M. 1963. New classification of the avian malaria parasites. Parassitologia 5: 1
  Corradetti, A., Garnham, P.C.C., Neri, L., Scanga, M. & Cavallini, C. 1970. A redescription of Plasmodium (Haemamoeba) relictum (Grassi and Feletti, 1891). Parassitologia 12: 1-10

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 [CULICIDAE] Brown House Mosquito (syn. C. fatigans; salivary glands (exptl. infection)); Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758) [FRINGILLIDAE] Canary (blood (exptl. infection)); Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 [STURNIDAE] Common Starling (blood); Anas gibberifrons Müller, 1842 [ANATIDAE] Grey Teal (blood); Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) [PASSERIDAE] House Sparrow (blood); Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) [LARIDAE] Silver Gull (blood); Unidentified bird species (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Bennett, G.F., Grenier, E.C., Whiteley, P.L. & Norman, F.I. 1977. Blood parasites of some waterfowl from Victoria, Australia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 13: 202-204 (Anas gibberifrons)

Cleland, J.B. 1915. Notes on some Australian Haematozoa. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1915: 405-406 (Passer domesticus)

Cleland, J.B. 1915. The haematozoa of Australian birds. No. 3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 39: 25-37 (Passer domesticus)

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian birds. No. 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 100-114 (Passer domesticus)

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1912. Tabular statements of haematozoa occurring in wild and domesticated animals in Australia. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 83-88 (Passer domesticus)

Harrigan, K.E. 1978. Parasitic diseases of birds. in Fauna Part B. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 489-536 (Sturnus vulgaris; Passer domesticus)

Johnston, T.H. 1909. Notes on Australian entozoa. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 329-344 (Passer domesticus)

Johnston, T.H. 1909. Notes on some Australian parasites. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 20: 581-584 (Passer domesticus)

Johnston, T.H. 1910. Notes on some Australian parasites. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 20: 349-353 (Passer domesticus)

Johnston, T.H. 1910. On Australian avian entozoa. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 44: 84-122 (Passer domesticus)

Johnston, T.H. 1912. On Australian avian entozoa. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 122-136 (Passer domesticus)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1909. Notes on some parasitic protozoa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 500-513 (Passer domesticus)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1910. Protozoal infections. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1909: 31-46 (Passer domesticus)

Lawrence, J. 1946. Some observations on the plasmodia and other blood parasites of sparrows. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 1-5 (Sturnus vulgaris; Passer domesticus)

Lawrence, J.J. & Bearup, A.J. 1961. A new host record for Plasmodium relictum: the silver gull (Larus novae-hollandiae Stephens). Indian Journal of Malariology 15: 11-19 (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae; Culex quinquefasciatus; Serinus canaria; Passer domesticus)

Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1960. The haematozoa of Australian birds. Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 226-260 (Sturnus vulgaris; Passer domesticus)

General References

Bennett, G.F., Bishop, M.A. & Peirce, M.A. 1993. Checklist of the avian species of Plasmodium Marchiafava and Celli, 1885 (Apicomplexa) and their distribution by avian family and Wallacean life zones. Systematic Parasitology 26: 171-179

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